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A Dog's Life
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
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What Fred Flaxman learned about life from his childhood dog, Buster.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
The New Girl Scouts
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Just shy of their 100th birthday, the Girl Scouts are working to shed their cookie and campfire image with new badges that focus on skills like rob...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 4
What are you?
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Loren Anderson questions why he didn't know the answer to "What are you?" Trying to understand why his cultural identity wasn't a part of his life.

Bought by KRUA and KUT


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 2
Love and Snakes
From: Paul Flahive
Series: Arctic Entries
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Elementary school teacher, Sarah Baumeister [bomb-mice-stir], tells us of the love that can only exist between a boy and his snake.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 08:44
  • Purchases: 1
Total Education Hour 10-14-11
From: Neil Haley
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The Total Tutor will interview Darren Campo from Tru TV, Amy Hollingsworth, Merlin from Online Trading Academy, and Miami Book Fair Author.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:28:39
Total Education Hour 10-7-11
From: Neil Haley
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The Total Tutor will interview Tony Bongiovi, Steve Hooman, John McNaughton, Jennifer Stancil,and two Miami Book Fair Authors.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:29:51
Short List #5
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” which sheds light on the fears of eight and nine-year-olds – some obvious, some less so. Can you figure out what torna...

Bought by PRX Remix and YouthCast


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: :42
  • Purchases: 2
Dressing the Part
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Felix Angelini-Hurll, Credit: Walter Murch
Sometimes we need help when dressing for a special occasion. In England Moss Bros. will 'give only the best service.'

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: 13:53
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 48: Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
Caption: Montgomery Trucking playing at Tales
True stories by Southerners in front of a live audience. This week's stories show us the innocence, imagination, and skewed logic of a child's mind...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Island Childhood
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
Caption: 1948, Credit: Swan's Island Memory Project
Swan’s Islanders share their childhood memories of growing up on the island.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Jackknife Incident
From: Meghan Vigeant
Series: Swan's Island Memory Project
Caption: Bernita Joyce, Credit: Meghan Vigeant
The battle between a kid’s fun and her parents.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:31
Handclapping Games
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Children have their own kind of oral history in the form of rhymes and handclapping games that are passed down from generation to generation. What ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
Keep Your Kids OFF the Lawn
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Veteran Comedian Allan Havey has NEW views on Marriage and YOUR kids

  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:10
StoryCorps: Bob and Aimee Gerold
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Aimee Gerold speaks with her father, Bob, about her adoption from China.

Bought by WTJU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Luli Gray -- author interview
From: Eileen Heyes
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Children's author Luli Gray talks about her new picture book, "Ant and Grasshopper."

  • Added: Jun 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
City of Apples
From: Thomas Dodson
Caption: Boston Tree Party Logo
The Boston Tree Party celebrates the planting of the first tree in their urban orchard.

  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 06:07
Tales from the South 019
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2011 Spring Season
Caption: Sharolyn Jones-Taylor telling her tale
Southern-style storytelling in front of a live audience. This week's true stories are about beginnings and endings, starting with "I do" and endin...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUAF Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Searchers
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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Where do lost stories go? Potato pancakes are involved.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Youth Supporting Youth Minnesota at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this Arts & Cultural Heritage news feature, Jeff Carmack explores an innovative arts program which has taken root at the Eastside Boys & Girls C...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 30:23
Don't Go Far...
From: Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland
Series: RTE Documentary On One
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The story of two boys who, in 1985, instead of going in for their dinner, decided to go on a little journey....

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 05, 2011
  • Length: 39:01
  • Purchases: 3
Zibia and Clyde
From: Jesse Newcomb
Caption: PRX default Piece image
6-year-old Zibia can be sweet and thoughtful, but she also has a wild temper. She can be mean and she knows it. This is a story about a clash bet...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
Washington Color and Light
From: Emily Berman
Caption: "Light Depth" Sam Gilliam, 1969, Credit: Corcoran Gallery of Art
What's the deal with abstract art, anyway?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
TANGLED -- Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi, 11/7/10, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase
Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi talk working in isolation, bringing smolder to the table, and the importance of coffee.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 13:22
EPISODE #120 “Lindbergh’s Flight To Paris!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Charles Lindbergh made history flying his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. The trip took over 33 hours! Lis...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
EPISODE #119 “The Liberty Bell!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
The Liberty Bell is a symbol of freedom for the United States, but did you know it started life as a simple Statehouse Bell for Pennsylvania? Liste...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:00

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